Toilet-paper holder and cutter.



'No. 7|6,`938. y Patented Dec. 30, |902. G. M. BUST & E. J. FAULKNEB. A

TOILETWPAPER'HOLDER AND CUTTER.

(Application med Dec. 1e, 190i.)

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.GEORGE M. RUST AND EDVARD J. FAULKNER, CF DAYTON, OHIO'.

TOILETPAPER HOLDERl AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. I716,938, datedDecember 30, 190.2.

Application iiled December 16, 1901. Serial No. 861,070l (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, GEGRGE M. RUST and EDWARD J. FAULKNER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery andState of Ohio, have invented certainV new and useful Improvements inToilet-Paper Holdersand Cutters; and we do declare the following to'be`afull, clear, and exactdescription'of' the invention, such as .willenable others skilled in' the art to which thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

' provements in toilet-paper-holders and cutters and possesses thenovelfeatures-herein# after specified andclaimed.

The object of the invention is to provide-a device of the abovedescription which is sim'- ple and efficient as well as inexpensive. To

diagram showing the manner of feeding and cutting the paper from theroll.

The inclosing caseA is constructed of metal',

' preferably of suitable design and capacity to and is secured in anysuitable manner at A3. VOn the interior of the casing there is athroatproperly inclose the'various devices or mechanisms substantially asshown in Fig. 1. A front door or lid A is hinged thereto at Aorguide-piece B and a transverse ledge EX, also upright walls Fand F',the latter forming an openingfin the bottom of the casing', throughwhich the end G of the paper is fed as said paper is unwo'und from theroll G.

The latter roll is mounted in themost'spa` cious part of the casing, andin. placing each roll of paper therein the throat or 'guidingysaid wallsBand F'.

Our invention relates to new and useful im- 'tatedh D' designates a'cutting-blade which is mounted in the periphery of said roller vandFig.' 2 isa front elevation.A Fig. is a .sitesidesof the casing.

withthe peripheryof the feeding-roller C,

wall B serves to properly direct the unwindione rotation thereof. f Thejournals 1D are 'suitably mounted inthe lower portion of the casing, soas to ,bring the circumference of said rollerin suitable relativeposition with the walls B and F', so that the end ofthe paper as it isbeing withdrawn from the roll B cannot enter between the feeding-rollerC and The circumference of the able material that'will impart to saidroller a rough surface in order that it may properly engage the paperwhile said roller is being rowhich is therefore movable. 4As shown in'Fig. 3, this cutting-blade D is essentiallyon an angle to the axis ofsaid roller and extends from end to end thereof. In the employment of 'asingle-feed' roller it is essential that the paper be cut obliquelyinorder that `the'feedroller-may have an opportunity to feed the paperwhile it is being cut. The diagram shown in Fig. 5 represents, or ratherillustrates, the simultaneous feeding and cutting operation. The dottedlines on the left of the line l l represent the portion of thepaper that'is cnt, and the dotted lines on' the right of the linel l represent theportion of the paper that is engaged by the feeding-roller to ad- -vanceit to the cutting edges D and'E.

-E designates a stationary cutting-blade,

which coperates with the blade D"to .sever the paper. This stationaryblade Eis ad- `justably mounted on the ledge E', being adjustable bymeans of the oblong openinge therein, through which fastening-screws epass. A

H designates a spring-plate which extends across in front of thefeed-roller C and has its end attached to bracketsH on' oppoend of! thisplate H rests in suitablecontact and the extreme free end of said plateabuts with the upper side of the stationary cuttingblade E, adjacenttothe cutting edge thereof. This pressure-plate H makes suitable contactfeeding-roller C Viscovered by sandpaper C or any other suit- The loweror free blade.

with a substantial portionof the periphery of the feeding-roller C tohold the free end of the paper in proper Contact with the feedingroller,and the free end of said plate engaging as it does with the cutting edgeof the stationary blade E prevents anybuokling of said paper as it isfed past or tosaid cutting- The feeding-roller C is rotated by acrankhandle I.

Having described our invention, we desire to claim- Y 1. In atoilet-paper holder and cutter, the combination with an inolosing casehaving a roll of paper mounted therein, of a papergitudinally on thesurface of said feedingroller in a plane oblique to the axis of saidroller, a stationary cutting-blade mounted in a position parallel withthe axis of said feeding-roller and adapted to cooperate with theoblique cutting-blade to c ut the paper from said roll, and apressure-plate to press the paper in Contact with said feeding-rolleradjacent to the stationary cutting-blade, substantially as set forth.

2. In a toilet-paper holder and cutter, the

' combination with an inclosing ease having interior gnidefwallsmf afeeding-roller mounteutting-bade mounted longitudinally on the surfaceof'saidfeedingaroller in a plane obliqueto the axis of said roller, anadjustable feeding roller, a cutting-blade mounted lon ed in saidcasingand projected into the'spaoe `between the upper and lowerguide-walls, a

stationary cutting-blade mounted in theft-ont of said feeding-rollerwith its cutting edge in proximity to said oblique cutting-blade, apressure-plate mountedin front of said feeding-roller, saidpressure-plate and the upper interior guide-walls providing a passagefor the free end of a roll of paper to said feedin g-roller, saidpressure-plate bearing against the feeding-roller adjacent to thestationary cutting-blade, substantially as set forth.y

3. In a toilet-paper holder and cutter, the combination with aninclosing case having; a roll of paper mounted therein, of afeedingroller; 'a cutting-blade mounted -longitudinally on the surfaceof said feeding-roller in a planeoblique to the axis of said roller, apressure-plate adjacent to the vperiphery of said feeding-roller andserving to press the free end of the paper in proper contaetwith saidfeeding-roller, an adjustablestationary 'cutting-blade mounted in aposition parallel with the axis of ythe feeding-roller and abutting withsaid pressure-plate whereby means are provided for obliqnely cutting thepaper from said rolland for feeding said paper dur.- ing thevoperationof cutting the same, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses. GEORGE .M. RUST. EDWARD J. FAULKNER. Vitnesses:

JOHN W. KALBFUs,' -R. J MeCAR'rY.

